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Blog: A Cut-Off Low triggers an unusual wind event today.

 
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 17, 2020 11:09 am    Post subject: Blog: A Cut-Off Low triggers an unusual wind event today. Reply with quote

Hi Gang,

Yea we are used to SW wind during a winter storm but today's locally strong winds have a different trigger.

Here is an animated blog about the forecast winds today.

https://blog.weatherflow.com/how-a-cut-off-low-way-aloft-can-impact-surface-winds-unusual-wind-for-san-francisco-today/

There is a reason for the old aphorism " Cut-Off Low, a weatherman's woe" but think I may be right about this one.

Mike Godsey



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